Athlone, Ireland
Sean's Bar
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
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Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.
Galway, Ireland
While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Buffalo, New York
The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Skulte, Latvia
A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.
Gnojnice, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.